ALTINBAS UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

2022-2023 / Fall

Information Systems in Business (Online Course) ILM 348

ECTS Undergraduate Required
5 L+P Hour: 3+0 English
Instructor: Assistant Prof. Dr. Gül Esin Delipınar
gul.delipinar @altinbas.edu.tr

Course Day and Hours: Thursday 13:40 – 16:40

Office Hours: By appointment (Please e-mail me before you come)
Room Number:
Lecture Assistant: Gökhan Aldemir

Course Objectives:
The aim of this course is to provide students the necessary knowledge, skills and infrastructure
about the information systems used to make effective decisions in organizations. The students
will be able to identifies basic information systems and interprets their characteristics, explains
information storage environments, defines the role of information systems in businesses,
explains concepts of data mining and e-business, distinguishes between alternative information
system types.

Course Requirements:
There are 2 quizzes, one midterm exam, and final exam. The students are required to attend
the classes regularly to participate in discussions. Quizzes, Midterm and final exam will be
given in the Uzem system. All of the students must register and join the exams via Uzem
system. There is no make-up exam for the quizzes and the final exam. There can be make-up
exam for the midterm exam if only there is a health related issue that you provided necessary
documents for the proof.

Lecture notes:
Lecture notes will be provided via Uzem system (http://uzem.altinbas.edu.tr/).

Assessment:
Quizzes % 30
Mid-term exam % 30
Final exam % 40

Prerequisites:
None

Required reading:

- Laudon, K.C., Laudon, J.P. Management Information Systems: Managing the

Digital Firm, 15th Edition, Pearson.

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 Course Content
Week Topics Study Materials
1 Information Systems in Global Business Today Laudon – Chapter 1
2 Global E-business and Collaboration Laudon – Chapter 2
Information Systems, Organizations, and Laudon – Chapter 3
3 Strategy

4 Quiz 1 (Class notes and conference notes)

IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies Laudon – Chapter 5
5
Databases and Information Laudon – Chapter 6
6 Management

Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Laudon-Chapter 7

7 Technology
RFID
Midterm
8 Midterm

Securing Information Systems Laudon – Chapter 8

9
IT Security
Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Laudon – Chapter 9
Intimacy: Enterprise
10
Applications CRM
Quiz 2
Laudon – Chapter 10
11 E-Commerce: Digital Markets, Digital Goods

Managing Knowledge Laudon- Chapter 11

12
Machine Learning
Building Information Systems Laudon – Chapter 13
13

Managing Projects
14 Laudon – Chapter 14

This is a tentative outline. I reserve the right to make changes. If any, I will announce changes in
online lecture.

Grading Policy:
Grade Out of 4.00 Out of 100
AA 4.00 90-100
BA 3.5 85-89
BB 3.00 80-84
CB 2.50 75-79
CC 2.00 70-74
DC 1.50 60-69
DD 1.00 50-59
FF 0.00 0-49
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